diff --git a/include/boost/pool/detail/singleton.hpp b/include/boost/pool/detail/singleton.hpp
index 26771ae..3189220 100644
--- a/include/boost/pool/detail/singleton.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/pool/detail/singleton.hpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct singleton_default
       // This constructor does nothing more than ensure that instance()
       //  is called before main() begins, thus creating the static
       //  T object before multithreading race issues can come up.
-      object_creator() { singleton_default::instance(); }
+      object_creator() { singleton_default<T>::instance(); }
       inline void do_nothing() const { }
     };
     static object_creator create_object;